frequency of person/number

[Stahlke, Herbert F.W.]

I know of two studies that should have this for English:

Frequency analysis of English vocabulary and grammar : based on the LOB corpus
Johansson, Stig
1989

and

Frequency analysis of English usage : lexicon and grammar
Francis, W. Nelson (Winthrop Nelson),
1982

Francis&Kucera is based on the Brown Corpus.

Herb Stahlke
Ball State University


-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick Newmeyer [mailto:fjn at U.WASHINGTON.EDU]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:58 PM
To: FUNKNET at listserv.rice.edu
Subject: frequency of person/number


I'm interested in knowing what the relative frequency is in conversation
(and possibly other genres) of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person forms (singular
and plural, pronominal or non-pronominal). Could somebody please tell me
where to look for an answer?

Thanks!

--fritz newmeyer